6 rescued from capsized boat off Jupiter Inlet | Video

JUPITER - MARTIN COUNTY — The Coast Guard rescued six people from an overturned boat about 16 miles southeast of Stuart Monday morning, said a spokeswoman for the Coast Guard's office in Miami.

The Coast Guard wouldn't elaborate except to say the people are medically OK and that the Coast Guard is investigating. A Coast Guard vessel picked up the people east of the Jupiter Inlet.

Neither the names of the people nor where they are from has been released.

The Coast Guard and officials with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office were searching for survivors since early Monday.

Officials at Coast Guard station in Miami said that around 4:45 a.m., the Palm Beach Police Department received a call that a boat with five people on board capsized about 6 miles southeast off the Jupiter Inlet.

Coast Guard stations from Lake Worth and Fort Pierce, as well as a helicopter sent from Miami, are helping in the search.

This will be updated as more information becomes available. WPTV contributed to this report.